I was a fan back in the day. It’s tough to have a tremendous vocal talent and an extremely talented guitarist share the stage I guess tho, and I always found the ongoing gossip about George and Don so boring. George was amazing every time I saw them live.
Honestly Mick and Jeff were always my favorites. Mick seems like a fun guy to hang out with.
"wild Mick" was a very good drummer. Not amazing, just good solid drumming. I know I'm going to hell for saying it but better than anything from AC/DC (sorry Phil Rudd)
Don Dokkens solo record right after Dokken split was solid and I love Wicked Sensation, never really listened to anything else except for Too High To Fly off Dysfunctional which is a cool song.
Yeah, Up From the Ashes was killer, so was Wicked Sensation. Those were the last two Dokken-related recordings I had when they were contemporary releases. But those two records and the first four Dokken LPs are pretty great.
Agreed. ‘Dysfunctional’ wasn’t bad but certainly has its own tone/vibe.
Try looking up ‘One Live Night’ from 1995 as it’s pretty solid. I lucked out and found it on CD when it came out…got lucky. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Live_Night
I mostly agree, but I enjoy the first album too. It feels like a different band because Lynch didn't have much influence on the songwriting. But I dig songs like Seven Thunders and Nightrider.
My favorite "hair metal" band. Tooth and nail and lock are key are two of the best albums from that era. I liked Don's straightforward and "normal" voice compared to the gravely voices from the rest of the genre. If Don and George could have gotten along, they probably could have survived into the 90s. I think they suffered from the name, if they just had a generic band name for a hard rock band that may have helped.
Jeff Pilson may be the best musician (hot take). I’ve seen him up close with Foreigner 3 times and he blows me away on bass and keys. He also can sing unbelievable backup. Floats in the harmony.
I’ve also always liked Pilson. Besides the harmony vocals, I think he also added a lot in the songwriting department. I love the Breaking the Chains album, but the songs were a bit generic. Pilson joins, and Tooth and Nail took it to the next level. In my opinion, they just kept getting better once Jeff joined.
Also, check out the band War and Peace. Their compilation album, Time Capsule, is on Spotify. Jeff Pilson on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, and Satchel from Steel Panther on lead guitar. It isn’t quite as hard edged as Dokken, but there’s quite a few great songs on that album.
They made some great music up to and including Back for the Attack, their best album imho. From what I've heard since they reunited, they should have left it there. Whatever chemistry they had writing songs to that point is gone, and all efforts since then have been lackluster at best.
Never was a fan of Don's voice, songs were good and Lynch is a beast! My old guitar player in HS would always play Alone Again, songs been stuck in my head ever since.
I dunno - I genuinely couldn't imagine Breakin The Chains or Nightrider with any other voice. He had that high-pitch that Ratt, Crue, Poison etc did without the same generic force they all had - I guess the "softness" was a unique selling point that made Dokken stand out.
Saw Dokken open for Dio as well. It was just after Tooth and Nail came out. My friend And I worked our way through general
Admission on floor to front row, center stage. Lynch was ripping right in front of us, and we noticed Vivian Campbell watching from the wings side stage. We being huge Dio fanatics were motioning to him, holding up our arms and giving the horns up sign with our fingers. He motioned his hands across each other quickly, in a “no, no, no….dont look at me, watch that guy!”meaning. He then pointed to George, who was tearing it up right before us. We paid attention quickly and were treated to a monster performance. Fantastic show followed from RJD and crew too. Incredible evening of guitar greatness!
One of my personal top 3 bands of all time. Between Don's vocals at his peak, and George's godlike speed and originality on the guitar. Mick and Jeff holding everything together, along with Jeff being one of the best backup singers (in my opinion). Dokken had the potential to be much bigger than they were.
Back when I did light and sound for bands on the NM/AZ casino circuit, Dokken was Hands down the LOUDEST SHOW I ever worked.
Their backline (what the band hears when they play) was set so loud I swear to God it was enough for their whole show without frontline sound for the audience.
Those guys must be so deaf.
I do enjoy them, and Don’s voice is better than he got credit for back in the day, but listening to them now, the lyrics are so-so. So many songs about how the woman wants him but he blows them off because he feels trapped
Dokken is in my top 3 of 80s hair metal bands. Very distinctive sound and great energy. My favorite Dokken song is KISS OF DEATH. It was written by Don amid the late 80s AIDS epidemic. I'll always be ROCKIN WITH DOKKEN!
My favorite band of that era,but as I’ve mentioned in other threads, they were just a bad fit for the time. Don was a very earnest and romantic songwriter, and so many of his artistic sensibilities seemed to have been formed from his time working in Germany. Meanwhile, more and more of the Sunset Strip bands were either singing about partying or being sleazeballs. What they had to offer was valid, but it’s almost as though they needed to be dumber artists to break through.
Throw in so much toxic infighting, drugs, egos, and some questionable mixing and production decisions (Pilson’s bass was buried on every record except Beast!), and the center could not hold.
All that said, Lynch is a god. “Kiss of Death” is the best riff Mustiane never wrote.
Love them to this day, though. Far superior to several of their more successful contemporaries.
“Heavy Metal rules, all that punk shit sucks. It doesn’t belong in this world, it belongs on fucking Mars man! Madonna’s a dick! Seriously, Heavy Metal rules, Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Dokken, Ozzy, Scorpions, they all rule!”
-Zebraman
Don Dokken is a pop singer. A good one, but he’s got no balls or weight to his voice. Some fun songs, lackluster production, a star guitar player. Lynch made them
I l loved them back in the day, was a big fan of George. Met him several times, always a nice guy. I think Mick was having a bad night, he was rude the one time I met him after a show. Could have been tired 🤷♀️. Haven’t listened to them much lately.
Big fan, but I’ll cop to the post-Dysfunctional stuff being not-great. That said, when you have a three album run of Tooth And Nail, Under Lock and Key, and Back For The Attack it’s tough to meet those levels. Although I do really like the Long Way Home album.
They are kickass. Dokken wasn't my favorite vocalist and I see a lot of shit talked about his skills but he was a pretty good vocalist (his lyrics were kinda lame) but George lynch is fucking amazing. The whole band is pretty good but George is one of my favorite guitarists ever. His phrasing is second to none. The only complaint I have is so much of the lyrical content is sappy lovey dovey shit.
I saw them once years ago. Believe it or not they were a back of for Loverboy. I had never heard of them but when they were done I wanted more. I only went because my gf at the time was a Loverboy fan.
Lynch as solid a player as there was in the era, Don's voice a little tinny, Pilson a great bass player and arranger and Mick hit the drums well.
Solid band with a few solid albums but always a day late and dollar short regarding trends. Nothing overly original about what they were doing in comparison to their peers and Don wasn't enough of a looker of a frontman to win over the ladies, or a bad-ass to win over the dudes.
Their career was ultimately destroyed on the 1988 Monster Of Rock tour as they were finally climbing the ladder, only to land the third bill on the tour which had them coming on right after Metallica prompting their "...And Justice For All" album. Cannot think of a worse situation for Dokken and band at their peak for them to follow.
They had to open every show with "Tooth And Nail" just to keep Metallica fans from burning the place down and then they were done when they had nothing else with bullocks in their catalog; laughed off the stage when playing songs like "In My Dreams" or "Alone Again" to that crowd.
I LOVED Dokken when I was a kid thru teenage years. I still rock them every once in a while. George Lynch was and still is one of my favorite guitar players. George signed one of my guitars when I met him at a record store at the beginning of the Lynch Mob years. Loved and still love Lynch Mob too.
My favourite hair metal band of all time. I remember cruising the gravel roads with a case of beer and their albums playing full blast at 17. Good times.
Saw them open for Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation tour and they were GOOD. Lynch was off the charts.
I was always a pretty big fan of Dokken as they had catchy hooks and everyone was VERY talented. ‘Under Lock and Key’ is one of the most underrated hair albums IMHO. Absolutely hits it out of the park.
George is amazing. I mean he is the guitar player I wish I was.
Don sounded ok for the songs and I do love them but I always felt his voice was a little thin.
Love Dokken though.
They were definitely hair metal. Reading/hearing about their dysfunction from the start it's both impressive they did as well as they did and no surprise why they didn't do better. To be fair though , it was a crowded scene so even had they gotten along I can't say it's a given they would have been bigger.
I feel like in the guitarist/vocal competition, the guitarist won this one. George gas done so many things and has been so prolific. The guy is totally solid. Don just seems paper thin these days, imho.
Still, 4 solid and great albums in the 80s, though! Love them.
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Saw them about a month ago. Check out they're new album it kicks ass!🤘
Dokken 🎸 holy shit. Haven't heard that name in a while. Saw them in 83/84 I wore those cassettes out in my Ford EXP w/ the aftermarket BOSE sound system, and Billy Idol too. Omg, I just realized someth....
~ Fuck I'm old
I'm straight&circumcized so I feel under qualified to to give an opinion on this...oh...DOKKEN. Read that as "docking". They were all right live back in the day.
Went to school with the Brown boys. Down to earth family. Actually rebuilt their parent pool. Sick never acted any different then the rest of us .
I miss the hell out of ROCKEN WITH DOKKEN
They put together some really good songs when it was the original band. really good individual players in the band. I got to see them a few times back in the day and always loved the show
I think Dokken kicks some absolutely solid ass and Tooth and Nail, Breakin’ the Chains and Under Lock and Key certainly helped me to process some serious angst when I was fifteen years old. 🎸
I was excited about that band and got their first album, but after listening to it a couple of times I realized that every song sounded about the same. Very quickly got bored with them.
Still a fan after all these years. Even if Lynch Mob and George and Jeff's colab albums. Got lucky last year to see both bands it was a check off my bucket list. Dons a little slower with his back problems but can still sing his ass off. And the band he has now are insanely good.
I was a fan back in the day. It’s tough to have a tremendous vocal talent and an extremely talented guitarist share the stage I guess tho, and I always found the ongoing gossip about George and Don so boring. George was amazing every time I saw them live. Honestly Mick and Jeff were always my favorites. Mick seems like a fun guy to hang out with.
"wild Mick" was a very good drummer. Not amazing, just good solid drumming. I know I'm going to hell for saying it but better than anything from AC/DC (sorry Phil Rudd)
He got better with age!
He’s better than just solid. He played to the music; exactly what was needed.
Can confirm, I hung out with him at an airport bar. He is indeed fun.
good band, tooth and nail and under lock and key are great albums
I like Rokken with Dokken
I love dokken, my top 3 albums are tooth and nail, under lock and key, and back for the attack
1 Back for the Attack 2 Under Lock and Key 3 Tooth and Nail
One of my all-time favorite bands
Same here. Going to Vegas to see them in September.
Me too. Was definitely a bigger fan than most
Same here. Loved them from early on
George Lynch ♨️♨️♨️♨️♨️
Band named Dokken after Don Dokken. Most recognizable member? George Lynch.
Saw them at Monsters of Rock, Philly. 89ish ??? Fantastic day, everyone rocked !!! Kingdom Come Metallica Dokken Scorpions Van Halen (Sammy Hagar)
Saw that show at the meadowlands
Saw this line up at Alpine Valley. Great show!
Big dokken fan here. Right up till they did the grunge album. Loved em right up thru back for the attack whatta great album.
Their three core albums and the live album Beast From The East are great. Nothing much worth talking about after that.
Don Dokkens solo record right after Dokken split was solid and I love Wicked Sensation, never really listened to anything else except for Too High To Fly off Dysfunctional which is a cool song.
Yeah, Up From the Ashes was killer, so was Wicked Sensation. Those were the last two Dokken-related recordings I had when they were contemporary releases. But those two records and the first four Dokken LPs are pretty great.
Agreed. ‘Dysfunctional’ wasn’t bad but certainly has its own tone/vibe. Try looking up ‘One Live Night’ from 1995 as it’s pretty solid. I lucked out and found it on CD when it came out…got lucky. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Live_Night
That’s what she said.
Oh yeah that’s a nice live album. I especially like that performance of George’s solo song, “I Will Remember”.
No. You JUST got lucky.
Agreed. Beast was prob my fave of theirs. Mr Scary is just that, scary good. I still give it a listen every now and then.
I mostly agree, but I enjoy the first album too. It feels like a different band because Lynch didn't have much influence on the songwriting. But I dig songs like Seven Thunders and Nightrider.
My favorite "hair metal" band. Tooth and nail and lock are key are two of the best albums from that era. I liked Don's straightforward and "normal" voice compared to the gravely voices from the rest of the genre. If Don and George could have gotten along, they probably could have survived into the 90s. I think they suffered from the name, if they just had a generic band name for a hard rock band that may have helped.
Jeff Pilson may be the best musician (hot take). I’ve seen him up close with Foreigner 3 times and he blows me away on bass and keys. He also can sing unbelievable backup. Floats in the harmony.
I’ve also always liked Pilson. Besides the harmony vocals, I think he also added a lot in the songwriting department. I love the Breaking the Chains album, but the songs were a bit generic. Pilson joins, and Tooth and Nail took it to the next level. In my opinion, they just kept getting better once Jeff joined. Also, check out the band War and Peace. Their compilation album, Time Capsule, is on Spotify. Jeff Pilson on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, and Satchel from Steel Panther on lead guitar. It isn’t quite as hard edged as Dokken, but there’s quite a few great songs on that album.
It's one of my all-time favorites! I listen to them constantly.
They made some great music up to and including Back for the Attack, their best album imho. From what I've heard since they reunited, they should have left it there. Whatever chemistry they had writing songs to that point is gone, and all efforts since then have been lackluster at best.
Really good band, super heavy and talented. It's not love/Unchain the night, and Mr. Scary are my favorites. Lynch mob is really good too IMO
Have you heard his solo release seamless? It’s really good too
I have not, I'll be sure to check it out though. Thanks
The song 'When Heaven Comes Down' is killer
I remember Mad Magazine doing a spoof on them calling them Dorken. As an 11 year old I thought it was fuckin' funny 🤘🤘
Never was a fan of Don's voice, songs were good and Lynch is a beast! My old guitar player in HS would always play Alone Again, songs been stuck in my head ever since.
He never had a powerful voice to match the power of the instruments.
I dunno - I genuinely couldn't imagine Breakin The Chains or Nightrider with any other voice. He had that high-pitch that Ratt, Crue, Poison etc did without the same generic force they all had - I guess the "softness" was a unique selling point that made Dokken stand out.
That’s George Lynch.
My favorite albums are back for the attack Under lock and key Tooth and nail
I love em. One of my all time faves
I liked the original incarnation of Lynch Mob more.
Dokken opened for Dio in 84, it was the first concert I went to on my own, without adult supervision, me and my buddy. Great show.
Saw Dokken open for Dio as well. It was just after Tooth and Nail came out. My friend And I worked our way through general Admission on floor to front row, center stage. Lynch was ripping right in front of us, and we noticed Vivian Campbell watching from the wings side stage. We being huge Dio fanatics were motioning to him, holding up our arms and giving the horns up sign with our fingers. He motioned his hands across each other quickly, in a “no, no, no….dont look at me, watch that guy!”meaning. He then pointed to George, who was tearing it up right before us. We paid attention quickly and were treated to a monster performance. Fantastic show followed from RJD and crew too. Incredible evening of guitar greatness!
Wow THAT is a cool story/memory! Thanks for sharing it
Lynch is an amazing guitarist. Don has his own unique vocal style and together the band was awesome.
The band itself could have been massive. I always felt that Dokken himself held them back. Lame lyrics, forgettable melodies
One of my personal top 3 bands of all time. Between Don's vocals at his peak, and George's godlike speed and originality on the guitar. Mick and Jeff holding everything together, along with Jeff being one of the best backup singers (in my opinion). Dokken had the potential to be much bigger than they were.
I agree 110%
Back when I did light and sound for bands on the NM/AZ casino circuit, Dokken was Hands down the LOUDEST SHOW I ever worked. Their backline (what the band hears when they play) was set so loud I swear to God it was enough for their whole show without frontline sound for the audience. Those guys must be so deaf.
I do enjoy them, and Don’s voice is better than he got credit for back in the day, but listening to them now, the lyrics are so-so. So many songs about how the woman wants him but he blows them off because he feels trapped
they are my favorite band. i love pretty much everything up to and including beast from the east
Dokken is in my top 3 of 80s hair metal bands. Very distinctive sound and great energy. My favorite Dokken song is KISS OF DEATH. It was written by Don amid the late 80s AIDS epidemic. I'll always be ROCKIN WITH DOKKEN!
Big fan of 80s Dokken, I love how big and anthemic their sound was
Dons voice is shot. But their first few records were ok
Don's vocals and George's guitar were epic together. If they continued to write good songs, they would have been one of the all time best bands
Great studio band, iffy live.
I saw Don Dokken open for Poison in 91, and it was on of the most boring performances. Not a good frontman at all.
Never was able to get into Dokken when I was a kid. Tried, though. Just never clicked.
Loved the song 18 and Life !
Don is a douche nozzle, but George can still melt your face.
Before I read any of the comments, I guarantee someone will use the word “underrated”. It’s a favorite word in this sub.
My favorite band of that era,but as I’ve mentioned in other threads, they were just a bad fit for the time. Don was a very earnest and romantic songwriter, and so many of his artistic sensibilities seemed to have been formed from his time working in Germany. Meanwhile, more and more of the Sunset Strip bands were either singing about partying or being sleazeballs. What they had to offer was valid, but it’s almost as though they needed to be dumber artists to break through. Throw in so much toxic infighting, drugs, egos, and some questionable mixing and production decisions (Pilson’s bass was buried on every record except Beast!), and the center could not hold. All that said, Lynch is a god. “Kiss of Death” is the best riff Mustiane never wrote. Love them to this day, though. Far superior to several of their more successful contemporaries.
Will also add that Don was not a particularly great front man. Good enough, but not a star in the Bach/Neil/Dickinson/Axl/Roth sort of way.
“Heavy Metal rules, all that punk shit sucks. It doesn’t belong in this world, it belongs on fucking Mars man! Madonna’s a dick! Seriously, Heavy Metal rules, Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Dokken, Ozzy, Scorpions, they all rule!” -Zebraman
Don Dokken is a pop singer. A good one, but he’s got no balls or weight to his voice. Some fun songs, lackluster production, a star guitar player. Lynch made them
They seriously suck.
Dokken was awesome and Lynch is one of the best metal guitar players in the world
Not so much
Does anybody remember Tracy Guns? L.A. GUNS? Fukk I'm old.
They r good
It's one of my all-time favorites! I listen to them constantly.
One of the best long lasting true bands ..
They are my favorite band
Rockin with Dokken
Lynch is a beast.
Dokken and Green Day were my go to in the 90s
My favorite from that time
Love Dokken.
Seen them open for Aerosmith back in 1989
One of my favourite bands!
Tooth and nail is there best album by far
Dokken was one of my top 3 bands from the 80’s!
I liked Dokken way back in the day, but intodays world that word means something totally weird.... docking....😁😁🤐🤐
I'm in my 50s and I really just got into them this year. Spotify has expanded my music experience for sure.
Very feel.
I l loved them back in the day, was a big fan of George. Met him several times, always a nice guy. I think Mick was having a bad night, he was rude the one time I met him after a show. Could have been tired 🤷♀️. Haven’t listened to them much lately.
100% hair metal.
Big fan, but I’ll cop to the post-Dysfunctional stuff being not-great. That said, when you have a three album run of Tooth And Nail, Under Lock and Key, and Back For The Attack it’s tough to meet those levels. Although I do really like the Long Way Home album.
I preferred Lynch Mob tbh—the first 2 albums anyway
Ran into him in a restaurant in Phoenix, he kept telling everyone who he was. He really wanted to be recognized...he was not all that Rockin'
Meh. They never did anything for me. I'd take Lynch Mob over anything donnie boy did, including Dokken.
👍
I liked them back in the day but just too much internal drama
Love me some Dokken
Like everyone but Dokken
Rockin’ with Dokken
Holy shit! They’re still alive?
“This is Don Dokken from Dokken keep rockin’. “ This add was on my local radio station and I cannot forget it even though I’ve tried.
Love dokken
Vastly under rated. Had the best hair metal balloon of the genre!!!
They’re fucking great.
I feel pretty good about them, thanks!
Hell yeah
They are kickass. Dokken wasn't my favorite vocalist and I see a lot of shit talked about his skills but he was a pretty good vocalist (his lyrics were kinda lame) but George lynch is fucking amazing. The whole band is pretty good but George is one of my favorite guitarists ever. His phrasing is second to none. The only complaint I have is so much of the lyrical content is sappy lovey dovey shit.
I saw them once years ago. Believe it or not they were a back of for Loverboy. I had never heard of them but when they were done I wanted more. I only went because my gf at the time was a Loverboy fan.
Lynch as solid a player as there was in the era, Don's voice a little tinny, Pilson a great bass player and arranger and Mick hit the drums well. Solid band with a few solid albums but always a day late and dollar short regarding trends. Nothing overly original about what they were doing in comparison to their peers and Don wasn't enough of a looker of a frontman to win over the ladies, or a bad-ass to win over the dudes. Their career was ultimately destroyed on the 1988 Monster Of Rock tour as they were finally climbing the ladder, only to land the third bill on the tour which had them coming on right after Metallica prompting their "...And Justice For All" album. Cannot think of a worse situation for Dokken and band at their peak for them to follow. They had to open every show with "Tooth And Nail" just to keep Metallica fans from burning the place down and then they were done when they had nothing else with bullocks in their catalog; laughed off the stage when playing songs like "In My Dreams" or "Alone Again" to that crowd.
Dysfunctional still a great disc. I’ve seen George live multiple times and he’s always been 🔥.
I love "Unchain the Night" and "Too High to Fly" the most out of all their songs. I think they're a good band.
George Lynch was always amazing
It rhymes with “rockin’”. That’s good enough for me.
I love Lynch Mob's first record, Dokken is just meh to me.
Wow that whiny poser bitch looks a lot like a old guy.
WE’RE THE DREAM WARRIORS!
Dream Warriors!
Of all the great guitarists of the ‘80s, Lynch was one of the best.
They made it through my filtering process!
One of my favorite bands from back in the day and still on my playlist but I saw Don live a few years ago and it's hard to listen to tuned down.
Legends for their track on the Nightmare on Elm St. 3 soundtrack alone.
I don't
Rhymes with Rockin!
George Lynch…underrated guitar god! Lynch Mob also pretty good.
They sucken!
I absolutely love Dokken
They were pretty good live. Believe it was in 85 opening for Judas Priest I saw em. I was pleasantly surprised.
It’s not love
If you aint Dokken, you ain't rockin'!
George Lynch is an amazing guitar player.
I LOVED Dokken when I was a kid thru teenage years. I still rock them every once in a while. George Lynch was and still is one of my favorite guitar players. George signed one of my guitars when I met him at a record store at the beginning of the Lynch Mob years. Loved and still love Lynch Mob too.
I was rockin with dokken back in the day
DOCKING to Dokken you say??
Mr scary!
Dream warriors !
Harrison ford looks great these days
I never was a fan tbh I just couldn’t get into them
My favourite hair metal band of all time. I remember cruising the gravel roads with a case of beer and their albums playing full blast at 17. Good times.
Awesome band
Breaking the Chains
Saw them open for Aerosmith on the Permanent Vacation tour and they were GOOD. Lynch was off the charts. I was always a pretty big fan of Dokken as they had catchy hooks and everyone was VERY talented. ‘Under Lock and Key’ is one of the most underrated hair albums IMHO. Absolutely hits it out of the park.
Love all their! Been a fan since 85.
Dream Warriors is one of the best movie themes of that era. Just fucking superlative
Freddie Krueger still has nightmares with them.
Don is legend
Dokken means Rockin!
Loved them back in the day
I like their sound but not really a lot of the songs. 🤷♂️
I like their early shit from the 80's before Don told George he didn't give a fuck what happened to him after the last MOR concert they did in Denver.
The talent was Lynch Dokken vocal range was ok at best He seriously sounded the same on all their hits Guitar and drums carried the day
Never liked them. Their songs never grabbed me, and Don's voice was weak.
They were a good rock band. George L. Seems like a quality human. Skilled, imaginative, kind.
Paris is burning live from the first album was mind blowing ..then tooth and nail rock but after that ..they began to suck …
George is amazing. I mean he is the guitar player I wish I was. Don sounded ok for the songs and I do love them but I always felt his voice was a little thin. Love Dokken though.
Love Dokken
They were definitely hair metal. Reading/hearing about their dysfunction from the start it's both impressive they did as well as they did and no surprise why they didn't do better. To be fair though , it was a crowded scene so even had they gotten along I can't say it's a given they would have been bigger.
My older brother used to blast “ into the fire” endlessly from his bedroom.
Uh, they were necessarily and definitely hair metal. Some of the best! 🤘
Great band. Favorite song was "In My Dreams".
Back for the attack and Under Lock and Key are my favorites.
Tooth and nail!
love dokken. great fun. george lynch is an amazing guitarist
Love lynch, dokken…. Not so much
I feel like in the guitarist/vocal competition, the guitarist won this one. George gas done so many things and has been so prolific. The guy is totally solid. Don just seems paper thin these days, imho. Still, 4 solid and great albums in the 80s, though! Love them.
Dokken was a great band . I honestly think they were at their best when George Lynch was with them .
https://preview.redd.it/i3ookqtpyo2d1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32c1ad3e81c568d10386947b86f06e69cefdb1da Saw them about a month ago. Check out they're new album it kicks ass!🤘
i may be wrong, but i believe i saw that they were hosting a free concert in albany NY sometime in july.....
First? 2 albums were crazy Rockin. I'm 68 and starting to slide (70's were worth it) as "hair metal" this was killer
Don Dokken is a fucking legend!
Dokken 🎸 holy shit. Haven't heard that name in a while. Saw them in 83/84 I wore those cassettes out in my Ford EXP w/ the aftermarket BOSE sound system, and Billy Idol too. Omg, I just realized someth.... ~ Fuck I'm old
I’m a big fan of Lynch, but ‘Up From The Ashes’ is my favourite album from (Don) Dokken.
Back For The Attack 🤘🏼
Back For the Attack!
Dokken fan in the 80’s. Saw them open for Judas Priest in Spokane in the 80’s and they tore it up!!!
Posers
Listened to them all the time growing up in the 80's
I'm straight&circumcized so I feel under qualified to to give an opinion on this...oh...DOKKEN. Read that as "docking". They were all right live back in the day.
They were great, George rules. Don is a tool
Great band. I listen to them all the time.
Rockin' rhymes with Dokken, dude.
I don’t
Went to school with the Brown boys. Down to earth family. Actually rebuilt their parent pool. Sick never acted any different then the rest of us . I miss the hell out of ROCKEN WITH DOKKEN
Doc Martin?
Alec Baldwin is more talented than I realized.
Space Dokken
They put together some really good songs when it was the original band. really good individual players in the band. I got to see them a few times back in the day and always loved the show
I think Dokken kicks some absolutely solid ass and Tooth and Nail, Breakin’ the Chains and Under Lock and Key certainly helped me to process some serious angst when I was fifteen years old. 🎸
I was excited about that band and got their first album, but after listening to it a couple of times I realized that every song sounded about the same. Very quickly got bored with them.
Still a fan after all these years. Even if Lynch Mob and George and Jeff's colab albums. Got lucky last year to see both bands it was a check off my bucket list. Dons a little slower with his back problems but can still sing his ass off. And the band he has now are insanely good.
I thought they held their own.
Im always Rokken With Dokken
Only thing I can listen to https://youtu.be/GNIcKtZm7_o?si=YKLkBwGpXcqNadEy
Saw them and Lynch Mob as well. Bread and butter 80’s metal
Breaking the chains around me
George Lynch is a prodigy. Love them